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    Celebrating oneworld airlines’ success at Skytrax Awards

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    London,27 June 2024: oneworld® alliance airlines scooped 40 top awards at the 2024 World Airline Awards this week.The awards – known as the Oscars of the aviation industry – were announced at a ceremony near London’s Heathrow Airport before an audience of specially invited guests from airlines around the world. oneworld member, Qatar Airways, was named Airline of the Year, marking an unprecedented eighth time it has been awarded the top accolade in the 25-year history of the awards. In total Qatar Airways won an impressive 12 awards. Six oneworld member airlines – British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Qatar Airways and Fiji Airways who has recently been announced as oneworld’s new full member – were also among the top 20 airlines worldwide, representing more than a quarter of the most highly ranked. Nat Pieper, CEO of oneworld, said: “I am incredibly proud to see so many oneworld member airlines recognised at this year’s Skytrax awards. “These awards are a testament to our members’ relentless pursuit of excellence in customer service and innovation, their unwavering commitment to putting our customers at the heart of everything we do. “Tens of thousands of colleagues across our alliance have all played a vital role in securing these impressive victories, and we celebrate this success with great honour.” oneworld airline awards at the 2024 World Airline Awards include: British Airways • World’s Most Family Friendly Airline • Most Family Friendly Airline in Europe Cathay Pacific Airways • World’s Best Economy Class • Best Economy Class in Asia • World’s Cleanest Airline • Cleanest Airline in Asia • Best Economy Class Onboard Catering in Asia Finnair • Best Airline in Northern Europe • Cleanest Airline in Europe • Best Cabin Crew in Northern Europe Iberia • Best Airline Staff in Europe • Best Cabin Crew in Southern Europe Japan Airlines • World’s Best Premium Economy Class • Best Premium Economy Class Airline Seat • Best Premium Economy Class in Asia • Best Economy Class Airline Seat Qantas Airways • Best Business Class in Australia / Pacific • Best Premium Economy Class in Australia/Pacific • Cleanest Airline in Australia/Pacific • Best Premium Economy Class Onboard Catering in Australia & Pacific • Best Economy Class Onboard Catering in Australia & Pacific Qatar Airways • Airline of the Year 2024 • Best Airline in the Middle East • World’s Best Business Class • World’s Best Business Class Seat • Best Business Class Onboard Catering in the Middle East • Best Business Class in the Middle East • Best Economy Class in the Middle East • Best Cabin Crew in the Middle East • Cleanest Airline in the Middle East Qatar Airways Group – Hamad International Airport • World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge • Best Business Class Lounge in the Middle East • Best First Class Airline Lounge in the Middle East Royal Air Maroc • Best Regional Airline in Africa Oman Air (future member) • Best Airline Staff in the Middle East Fiji Airways (oneworld connect partner, future member) • Best Airline in Australia / Pacific • Best Economy Class in Australia/Pacific • Best Airline Staff in Australia / Pacific • Best Cabin Crew in Australia / Pacific • Best Business Class Onboard Catering in Australia & Pacific

    Civil Aviation

    Air India A350 to fly twice daily on Delhi-London Heathrow route from 1 September

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    GURUGRAM / LONDON, 27June 2024: Air India is set to transform the onboard experience for its guests on twice-daily flights between Delhi and London Heathrow with the deployment of its brand-new Airbus A350-900 aircraft.Starting from 1 September 2024, this route will mark the long-haul international debut of Air India’s flagship product. The A350-900 will replace the currently deployed Boeing 777-300ER and Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on 14 of 17 weekly flights. As a result, an additional 336 seats will be available on the Delhi-London Heathrow route each week. With the deployment of the A350-900 to London Heathrow in September, Air India will have upgraded 90% of all its flights to London Heathrow. From April 2024, Air Indiastarted deployingits recently inducted Boeing 777-300ERs with elevated cabin interiors on all flights across its Mumbai-London Heathrow route to provide upgraded cabin interiors and inflight entertainment systems, while bringing First class back on the London Heathrow-Mumbai route. Thismakes Air India the only carrier to offer the choice of First class travel between the two cities as well as between the UK and India. Introducing Premium Economy and an all-new Air India experience across cabins Air India will introduce its Premium Economy class experience for the first time on the Delhi-London Heathrow route with A350-900. It will offer guests the choice of 24 wide seats arranged in a 2-4-2 configuration in a dedicated, upscale cabin. Air India’s A350 flights will also featurenew soft products and award-winning guest enhancements unveiled earlier this year. These enhancements include new chinaware, new tableware and glassware, new bedding, and updated amenity kits for Business and Premium Economy guests, exclusively designed by Ferragamo and TUMI, respectively. Campbell Wilson, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Air India, said: “The deployment of our flagship A350s and the B777s with upgraded cabin interiors to London Heathrow marks a significant milestone for Air India. It demonstrates our commitment to elevating the travel experience of our guests to truly world-class standards and to going beyond just meeting customer expectations as we continue to renew our fleet.” “With our industry-leading cabin products on the A350 including a new Premium Economy experienceand a host of new on board enhancements rolling out, we are confident that these daily flights between India and London Heathrow will soon be the preferred choice for travellers,” Wilson added.

    Civil Aviation

    Qatar Airways Gets ‘Airline of the Year’ Title from Skytrax, for an Unprecedented Eighth Time

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    Doha, Qatar, 24th June 2024: Qatar Airways has been awarded the ‘Airline of the Year’ title by Skytrax, returning to the top for an unprecedented eighth time. This distinction highlights the airline’s unwavering commitment to excellence. The 5-star carrier was also recognised with three additional awards: ‘World’s Best Business Class’, ‘World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge’, and ‘Best Airline in the Middle East’. Recently, Qatar Airways’ home and hub, Hamad International Airport, was named ‘World’s Best Airport’ in 2024 by Skytrax for the third time. The airport also received the award for ‘Best Airport in the Middle East’ for the tenth time, and the airport’s retail, Qatar Duty Free, received ‘World’s Best Airport Shopping’ for the second consecutive year. This remarkable achievement is the first time that an airline, an airport, and the airport’s retail have been crowned as ‘World’s Best’ in all three Skytrax categories. This year is the eighth time since 2011 that Qatar Airways has been awarded Airline of the year. The Skytrax World Airline Awards, widely regarded as ‘the Oscars of the aviation industry’, represent the pinnacle of excellence in aviation. Commenting on this achievement, Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer, said: “This is a proud moment for Qatar Airways. I am honoured to share this award with my dedicated team. This award is a testimony to our relentless commitment to providing unparalleled service and innovation. We look forward to continuing to serve our customers with the highest level of excellence.” Skytrax Chief Executive Officer, Edward Plaisted, remarked: “Qatar Airways’ impressive achievement of winning the Airline of the Year title for the eighth time, alongside three additional top accolades, is a true testament to the airline’s high standards and dedication. Qatar Airways was and will continue to be customers’ favourite airline.” The comprehensive list of awards won by Qatar Airways at the Skytrax 2024 World Airline Awards include: – Airline of the Year – World’s Best Business Class – World’s Best Business Class Airline Lounge – Best Airline in the Middle East

    Airports

    Airports Authority of India (AAI), RHQ-NR celebrated 10th International Yoga Day

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    New Delhi,June 21, 2024: The 10th International Day of Yoga (IDY) was celebrated with zeal and fervour at Airports Authority of India, Regional Headquarter- Northern Region, NATS Complex, New Delhi. The International Yoga Day is being celebrated on 21stJune since 2015.This year, the theme is “Yoga for Self and Society,” emphasising yoga’s role in fostering individual well-being and societal harmony. The celebration at Regional Headquarter- Northern Region started with felicitation of yoga instructors from Bhartiya Yog Sansthan Shri Satish Dogra and Shri R. P. Tripathi, with shawl, by Shri Devendra Kumar Gautam, Regional Executive Director, Northern Region, in the presence of all HODs and officials of AAI. Shri Gautam, in his address emphasised on the importance of Yogainour daily lives and its impact on physical, mental and spiritual health. Bhartiya Yog Sansthan’s yoga instructors demonstrated various asanas, rhythmic chanting, and Laughter Yoga.They also emphasized on having a disciplined practice routine. Participants had an interactive session and expressed their gratitude for the session. The event was concluded by Shanti paath.

    Interviews

    Interview: Hugh Aitken, VP, Strategic Relations & Development, Skyscanner

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    “India has grown to be one of our top markets at Skyscanner. We have seen spectacular growth coming for both International and Domestic travel, with international bookings via Skyscanner +121 per cent ahead of 2019 levels and Domestic bookings +639% above 2019 levels. In the first week of January 2024 alone, India saw an increase of 35 per cent in searches when compared to the same period in 2023. We have seen a strong demand for travel in the Indian market that is growing rapidly. Based on our data, searches from India have grown by over 55 per cent in 2023 compared to 2022,” Hugh Aitken. In the Media Roundtable, Hugh Aitken, VP,Strategic Relations and Development, Skyscanner shares his views about Sky Scanner presence in India, the opportunities it sees in this market, role and value of meta search engines ,booking patterns across the region and relation with the partner community. What are some of the opportunities that Skyscanner sees in the travel market and how it is catering to the need of Indian travelers? Skyscanner is a global travel marketplace, where we have over 120 million unique visitors who come to us globally and then over 100 million downloads globally, about 100 million registered accounts of travellers who come back to us regularly as well. And, if I think about the flight searches, age group between 20 and 25 start their flight searches in Skyscanner. Skyscanner is over 20 years old now, started in Edinburgh in Scotland, but very quickly started developing that footprint. A sizable part of our business is in Europe and Middle East and across APAC. We also have big presences in Japan and Korea and then of course we work across all the Americas. In our global outlook on travel, India within that has grown really substantially over the last few years and it now one of our top five markets.We have grown 120 per cent growth internationally since 2019. We’ve seen 121% growth in people’s bookings that we’re doing on international in India, and 639 per cent growth in domestic searches in India. Comparing January 2024 with January 2023, we saw 35 per cent growth in searches which is a substantial growth in the Indian market. I think as a marketplace, we have got two sides. One is our travelers and on the other side, we’ve got our partners. We have really strong partnerships with all of the Indian airlines, also all of the Indian OTAs and global OTAs. So our job is to plug them into our marketplace, those partners, and to connect them with travelers. At Skyscanner, travelers can see the best prices and the best choice. So I think India is a great example, actually, of a market where we’ve invested in getting the supply right and then we can invest in bringing travelers into our marketplace. Can you also talk about some initiatives that you have done in India? First of all, we launched our India site last year, which allows us to just develop that local presence in this country. We have been spending a lot of time growing supply from the Indian market. We have worked on various reports that include, the Travel Trends Report; Travelling Focus Report; and a First Trip Report that looked particularly at the Gen Z market and their desire to travel. It looked at our planning and wanting to travel. So we invested heavily in our products in India, and we also invest globally in our products, but all of that is benefitting in India as well as some real localisation. What is the role of a Meta Search Engines (MSC) in today’s travel ecosystem, and how have you seen it evolve through the years here? First of all, if I look at the place that we have in travel planning, it’s very different from others. So close to 60 per cent of people come to Skyscanner not knowing where they want to go and or when they want to go somewhere. So they’re looking for inspiration, and that’s probably very different from people who would go to airline sites. I think if you go to an airline site, you’re probably much further down that travel planning funnel. So people come to us for inspiration. Our most popular destination globally that’s searched is everywhere. And that’s grown by 55 per cent year on year in India, actually. So, 55 per cent more of our people are coming in and typing everywhere. And, if you think about the development of it, we’ve seen a huge number of people who come to Skyscanner for that early stage travel. What challenges do you think that airlines and meta-search engines face today with regards to travel, experience, etc.? The most important thing in a marketplace like ours is to keep a real close eye on the fundamentals, so that our travelers get the best price. Do they see the best coverage? They’ve got all the flights they want to look for and they’ve got all the choice. And are those prices and is that data accurate and timely and fast? So the most important thing we focus on are those three fundamentals before anything else. The next thing is, and we’re innovators in how we can use technology to enhance what we’re showing those travelers, the richness of the data we’re showing them, making sure that data is more and more relevant to that individual traveler. How do you think one should collaborate to address these challenges? I think, the first thing is particularly with our airlines and even our online travel agents, we have a very complementary role in the travel planning. So we would say that we’re much higher on that travel planning funnel. First, we work collaboratively knowing that we are ultimately trying to get to the same place, which is to get travelers on to the aircraft, but we’ve got a very complementary role in that.The second bit with our partners is,

    Events

    Super Terminal Expo 2024

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    Elevate Your Airport with Super Terminal Expo Date:5-7 Novemeber 2024 Venue: HONG KONG | ASIAWORLD-EXPO Media Partner: Aviation World Super Terminal Expo is Asia’s pioneering design, construction and operations event showcasing the next wave of innovation in passenger and cargo terminals. The event sets the stage for next-level airport design and operations across Asia by uniting leading solution airport technology and services providers with senior buyer teams from leading airports and vendors. Organised by Informa Markets, the world’s largest event organiser, Super Terminal Expo has strategically chosen aviation as the focal point for its inaugural year as we recognise the unparalleled opportunities present within Asia’s aviation sector. Spanning 20,000 sqm at AsiaWorld-Expo, Super Terminal Expo is set to be a hub of innovation with over 300 exhibitors. The event also includes a conference programme, featuring 80+ forums led by industry experts, targeting vital trends and ideas around transport and freight hubs. The event will be co-located with the CAPA Airline Leader Summit Asia & Sustainability Award, a two-day summit focusing on aviation sustainability, and the CTC Corporate Travel Summit, hosted by Corporate Travel Community (CTC). Super Terminal Expo is supported by Aviation Week Network, Airport Authority Hong Kong and CAPA – Centre for Aviation, Hong Kong International Aviation Academy and International Cooperation and Service Center, CAAC. For more information, please visit www.superterminalexpo.com

    Recent News

    Air India Express Moves to a New Campus, Enhancing Synergy Among Tata group Airlines

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    18-June-2024,Delhi: Air India Express has relocated its headquarters to the Vatika One-on-One complex in Gurugram, now sharing the same campus as Air India’s headquarters. This strategic move aims to enhance collaboration and synergies between the two entities. The new Air India Express office is designed to be future-ready, tech-enabled, and energy-efficient, showcasing the airline’s commitment to innovation and sustainability. Continuing the tradition of featuring variable tailfin designs inspired by India’s rich arts and crafts heritage, the theme “The Patterns of India” is elegantly integrated into the wall designs of the office. The open floor plan, with abundant natural light and collaborative areas, promotes transparency and teamwork. Gender-inclusive amenities and recreation facilities foster a dynamic work environment. Additionally, ample meeting rooms, phone booths, and enclosed spaces ensure privacy and focus, making the workspace versatile and productive.

    Civil Aviation

    Air India unveils all-new business, premium economy & economy cabins for A320 fleet

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    GURUGRAM, June 19, 2024: Air India today unveiled a three-class configuration on its newly inducted narrowbody aircraft. Air India’s A320neo aircraft will now offer a new Business, an all-new Premium Economy and a new Economy cabin experience on domestic and short-haul international routes. Air India has refitted two new A320neo aircraft – VT-RTW and VT-RTZ – in a three-class configuration featuring 8 luxurious seats in Business, 24 extra legroom seats in Premium Economy and 132 comfortable seats in Economy, offering wider choice to its guests. With this, Air India introduces Premium Economy cabins for the first time on narrowbody aircraft. Subtle cabin mood lighting, spacious legroom and wider pitch, and modern features, like portable electronic device (PED) holders and USB ports to charge mobile phones, laptops and other gadgets, among others will contribute significantly to offer guests, in all three cabins, an inflight experience that is tailored to the needs of today’s discerning flyers. Air India has plans to introduce the three-class configuration to its entire full service narrowbody fleet over the next year. Existing aircraft are now being progressively inducted for refit, while new aircraft joining the fleet will be delivered with the new Air India experience. Campbell Wilson, Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director, Air India, said, “The introduction of a three-class cabin to Air India’s narrowbody fleet and commencement of interior refits are important steps in the journey of enhancing the flying experience. The upgrade of the narrowbody fleet, which operates on domestic and short-haul international network, complements the upgraded widebody experience now available on our A350 fleet and new B777s, and on all other widebodies as they are refitted over the next two years. This comprehensive upgradation of Air India’s physical product is an important component of transforming into a world-class airline.” Customised by leading seat manufacturer Collins Aerospace, the seats in all three cabins combine unique ergonomic contouring and a patented comfort system to offer enhanced passenger comfort. All seats are equipped with literature pockets, charging ports, tray table and coat hooks, prioritising guest comfort. A distinct feature on Air India’s A320neo aircraft is an innovative mood lighting with planned illumination settings during take-off, landing, meal service, and even to celebrate India’s national days. With Air India’s brand identity at its core, the lighting is designed to enhance the overall in-flight experience, creating a subtle and soothing environment for guests to relax. The new Business cabins offer feature-rich 40-inch ergonomic seats with deep 7-inch recline, an adjustable armrest, footrest and backrest, a tray table deployed at the push of a button that includes a PED holder and is extendable and multiple charging ports. Industry-best seat upholstery on Business will provide maximum comfort and convenience to customers. The all-new Premium Economy provides larger seats with superior upholstery, four-way headrest, wider 32-inch seat pitch with a 4-inch recline, and other amenities such as a PED holder and USB charging port. With more meal options, including delectable food and drink selection, served in upgraded crockery and cutlery, Premium Economy promises a superior travel experience.   Economy seats too are ergonomically designed with comfortable upholstery, 28-29-inch seat pitch, 4-inch recline and legroom and come with features such as a PED holder, tray table, USB charging port and a coat hook.

    Civil Aviation

    Etihad Airways adds flights to Jaipur with four weekly flights

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    Abu Dhabi, 19th June 2024: Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the UAE, has started flights to Jaipur, India with four non-stop services a week. Antonoaldo Neves, CEO of Etihad Airways, said, “With the resurgence of outbound travel from India, we are thrilled to start four weekly flights to Jaipur, a significant cultural and commercial centre. By establishing this crucial air link with Rajasthan, we aim to meet the increasing demand from travellers in and around the region, providing them with convenient access to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, and seamless connectivity to our extensive global network, while delivering a remarkable flying experience.” From exploring the historic forts and palaces to indulging in the vibrant culture and culinary delights, Jaipur offers visitors a wealth of unforgettable experiences. Travellers from Northwest India will benefit from the non-stop service with seamless access to Etihad’s expanding network and frequent connections through Abu Dhabi’s global links. The new route enables more visitors to explore the emirate’s rich history and vibrant culture. Moreover, passengers will experience the exceptional facilities at Zayed International Airport’s Terminal A, Etihad’s new home, which sets new standards for travel comfort and service excellence. Travellers flying from Jaipur to the United States can take advantage of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility at Abu Dhabi, streamlining the immigration process and ensuring a hassle-free journey. The start of the Jaipur service further underlines Etihad’s deepening commitment to the Indian market where the airline has increased its capacity by a third over the past 12 months. The flights will be operated with aircraft from the Airbus A320 family, offering Etihad’s award-winning service to guests, in both Business and Economy cabins, convenient flight timings to the UAE’s capital city and seamless connections to destinations across the airline’s growing global network.

    Features

    Humans of Helicopter Cockpit

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    By Capt. Peeush Kumar ‘Pilot-error’ events in aviation are seldom cheap and catastrophes amongst helicopter operations not very rare. Factoring that operator hands over multi-crores worth of machine to individuals who must keep themselves sharp is up for a talk. Any aviation business house with foresight mitigates failure modes in its human and machine elements. Contemporary machines have fortunately matured to a stage where even single engine helicopters are being certified for operations under IFR (Instrument Flying Rules). On-board avionics are pleasantly reliable. In fact, efficiency of autopilots recently triggered much ado about pilots keeping in touch with ‘hands-on’ flying skills!Implicitly and evidently,a reasonable majority of unfortunate incidents/accidents involved ‘cockpit-human’ error and much less the machines. The human element indeed wedges itself for an opportunity to upgrade. Regulations help keep safety on top,but quintessentially address a minor subset of real-world challenges. An operator typically juggles between interests of company’s stakeholders against operational, regulatory, administrative&overhead costs. Pilots as ‘front-desk’ are influenced by said elements to add on to their personal & professional obligations.Resultant background stress thus needs effective management especially when handling expensive machines in a complex Indian Helicopter ecosystem. Cockpit is a unique workplace where one/two minds make critical, on-the-spot decisions with little room for error; a widely different setup from a typical office. Here, operators could play an assistive role to help reduce stress levels amongst these cockpit-humans in favour of business interests. Stress management for Helicopter Pilots has been dealt interestingly by Flight Safety Foundation. An indicative breakdown about origins of stress and its levels is adapted below from one of its journals[1]. Pilots attempt to keep accumulated cockpit & daily stress from affecting flight safety. Both categories have majority elements possible to influence during preparation stages itself. Cockpit stress scenarios could be owed to poor helipad preparation affecting landings, inadequate helipad security jeopardising helicopter safety, unacceptable fuel quality risking flight safety or even unsatisfactory administrative arrangements at helipads. Acute stress elements on the other hand are usually burst of challenging situations. Here, in-flight emergencies, unexpected weather conditions, unacceptable helipad condition like situations demand quick, accurate and decisive reactions for safe recovery. It is obvious that all such situations cannot be encountered/visualised during training. The crew is therefore required to get creative under stress for a safe outcome. Good quality of recurrent training and regular internal performance assessments by operators can assist reducing possibilities of major upsets from such acute stress situations. Underlying role of operator in a collaborative approach for mitigating crew stress is the core of talking point. Many elements of Acute, Cockpit and Daily stress could be positively influenced by operator to favour business sustainability.Stress, nevertheless does not have ‘BAD’ written all over. Some magnitude of stress even helps performance as suggested by Yerkes–Dodson law[2]figured below. Maintaining clear of the ‘wrong side’ on this curve requires an honest and collaborative intent in workplace. Managing ‘Daily stress’ largely rests within an individual’s personal domain. Succeeding paras deal with‘Cockpit and Daily Stress’ elements where an operator can help people handling its expensive machine(s). Crew-Scheduling. Humans are social beings. Uncertain crew-scheduling triggers non-committal approach of individuals to personal social obligations. Since unsure of their presence on a future date, an anxiety accompanied acceptance of social invitation senses. For an individual, sporadic participation in social events affects his/her primary societal characteristic. Repeat occurrences cumulatively wears out fabric of personal social engagement, and is indeed stressful. Should aforesaid appear benign, consider consistently missing anniversaries, birthdays, religious events at home or even socials/get- together with acquaintances. A solution maybe found in cooperative, flexible crew scheduling system for onshore operations where regulatory fatigue limits are only arrived occasionally. In this flexible arrangement, crew and operator balance business obligations with social empathy on a two-way street within regulatory framework. Offshore helicopter operations on the other hand pivot heavily on regulated crew fatigue limits that restrains flexibility in crew-scheduling.Possibly, an efficient crew scheduling software managed compassionately could offer respite in these cases. Fatigue Limits and Sleep-Debt. Regulated fatigue limits when considered as the ultimate upper boundary instead of a business target to achieve consolidates succeeding content. Agreeably, aviation business imperatives lie on the opposite side of aforesaid idea. A balancing act by mitigating resulting hazards could thus be contemplated. Sleep-debt and crew fatigue can possibly be ‘softened’ with good quality accommodation and corresponding administrative arrangements. Consider example of crew post eight-hour duty period waiting at airport for transport to hotel, finding a sub-status hotel on arrival, and a wanting food quality there adding to heightened stress levels. Fit this scenario on a late evening when the crew needs a quick rest after preparation for next day’s flight(s). Sleep-debt leads to micro-sleep where an individual is asleep for a few seconds and the brain isn’t processing [3]. The brain flips rapidly between being asleep and being awake. Each sleep period lasts for only a few seconds.Naturally, this is not a condition to let develop for personnel dealing with expensive equipment and priceless lives.Finally, reproduced below are extracts from para 8-1-1 (f), Chapter 8, FAA Aeronautical Information Manual [4]concerning stress and fatigue. It seems fitting to conclude author’s argument to deal empathetically with humans of helicopter cockpit for business sustainability. “Stress from the pressures of everyday living can impair pilot performance, often in very subtle ways. Difficulties, particularly at work, can occupy thought processes enough to markedly decrease alertness. Distraction can so interfere with judgment that unwarranted risks are taken, such as flying into deteriorating weather conditions to keep on schedule. Stress and fatigue (see above) can be an extremely hazardous combination.” References:- [1] Vol 21 No 1, January-February 1995, Flight Safety Foundation, Helicopter Safety: For Helicopter Pilots, Managing Stress is part of Flying Safely. [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yerkes%E2%80%93Dodson_law [3] https://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/what-to-know-microsleep [4] https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap8_section_1.html About The Author: Capt Peeush Kumar is a certified Type Rating Examiner (TRE) on H145 Helicopter managing Flight Operations for anon-scheduled operator. He is a certified Experimental Test Pilot (Rotary Wing), and an active author for various aviation periodicals. Hispaper about Fight Testing orientation

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    Dear Readers,

     

    Welcome to the latest edition of Aviation World. This is an incredibly significant issue for us, perfectly timed to align with several prominent aviation events unfolding across the globe.

     

    Chief among them is the Farnborough International Airshow, taking place from July 20th to 24th, 2026, in Hampshire, United Kingdom. Ranked as one of the world’s premier events for aviation, aerospace, and defense, this year’s airshow arrives at a crucial moment. Against a backdrop of geopolitical turbulence, Farnborough provides an invaluable platform to engage with global leaders and gain firsthand perspectives on the future of the industry. Inside, you will find our comprehensive curtain-raiser report focusing on the show’s core themes, as well as the highly anticipated static and aerobatic aircraft displays.

     

    On our front cover, we are proud to feature Capt. Vaibhav Goutham Suresh, Director of the School of Aviation, Logistics and Tourism Management (SALTM) at Galgotias University. In an exclusive interview, Capt. Suresh highlights how SALTM bridges the gap between academia and the runway, delivering a comprehensive curriculum that ensures graduates are industry-ready from day one. Complementing this, our special feature on SALTM dives deeper into how the institution maintains world-class academic standards and a cutting-edge learning environment.

     

    We are also privileged to bring you exclusive insights from a stellar lineup of industry trailblazers in this edition, including:

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    • Pallavi Joshi & Vimal Priya, the leadership powerhouse behind AirFleet Managers &Aviatrics Global
    • Wg. Cdr. Prem Kumar Garg (Retd.), CEO of IndiaOne Air

    Each shares a detailed perspective on driving innovation, navigating current market dynamics, and establishing progressive frontiers within their respective sectors.

     

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